Prayer
Hear my prayer, O Lord;
give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
Enter not into judgment with your servant,
for no one living is righteous before you.
For the enemy has pursued my soul;
he has crushed my life to the ground;
he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
Therefore my spirit faints within me;
my heart within me is appalled.
I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all that you have done;
I ponder the work of your hands.
I stretch out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
Answer me quickly, O Lord!
My spirit fails!
Hide not your face from me,
lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.
Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord!
I have fled to you for refuge.[a]
Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
Let your good Spirit lead me
on level ground!
For your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life!
In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies,
and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,
for I am your servant.
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Rachel and Lola
I didn’t expect these photos of Lola to turn out. It was a super amateur shoot for Cats In Need Fullerton to help out Rachel. But, I am so pleased with this one, and love how there is an impression of Rachel guarding from above. Also can’t get enough of the hand-holding going on here.
Rachel started fostering cats after a stray cat had kittens in her basement a year ago. Since then she has given lots of much needed love and time to fostering feral cats that are rescued off the street until they are adopted - including two kittens that Stephen’s family rescued and now have a home. I think you can find more info here.
Lola was adopted on Easter, the day after we took this.
A composite of planes taking off from Hanover airport: via
@duncangeere
Awesome
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Ducklings
Photo: Raymond Tzul
Missing baby birds..particularly baby chicks..
Honorable Mention (2010 National Geographic Photography Contest)
Photo and caption by Stephanie Swartz
Lion in the Shadows
This lion at a wildlife sanctuary in Indonesia found his light at the perfect moment for me to capture it.
Aslan.
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury; and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasion, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.William Ellery Channing (via rachelceleste)
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Montana Thunderstorm
Photo and Caption by Sean Heavey
A supercell thunderstorm rolls across the Montana sunset prairie at sunset.
Weather
$4 Freesias from Fullerton’s Farmer’s Market making my room smell like loveliness.
i want to wake up, walk outside, look behind my shoulder, and behold this.
London, England
(by Bee Brady ♥)
